Tag: Likud Party
Israel suffers major data breach, Likud accused of breaking privacy laws
Israel’s Likud Party is being accused of causing one of the most serious data breaches in Israeli history, and of gross violations of Israeli privacy laws, following the exposure on the Internet of the...
Former Trump aides head back to US as Netanyahu kicks off Likud campaign
Former Trump campaign aides Corey Lewandowski and David Bossie have left Israel after a month of working on the election campaign of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Israeli media reported on Tuesday.
Lewandowski was U.S....
Netanyahu vows to annex Jordan Valley, settlements ‘immediately’ if elected
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced on Tuesday that if he wins Israel’s March 2 elections, he will annex not only the Jordan Valley, but also all settlements in Judea and Samaria, “immediately” and...
Netanyahu builds momentum with key victories in Likud primary and Supreme Court challenge
After two Israeli elections passed without the formation of a coalition government, and Attorney General Avichai Mandelblit released his long-awaited announcement that he would formally indict Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, opponents of the embattled...
Supreme Court to hear petition on Netanyahu’s legal right to form a new government
A three-judge panel of Israel’s Supreme Court is set to hear a petition on Tuesday calling to invalidate Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu from forming a coalition following upcoming March elections due to three...
Netanyahu gains landslide victory in Likud primary race
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu scored a landslide victory on Friday in the Likud leadership race against his rival Gideon Sa’ar.
The prime minister won 72.5 percent of the vote, compared to 27.5 percent for Sa’ar, according to...
Netanyahu has no chance to form a government, says rival Gideon Sa’ar
Likud Knesset member Gideon Sa’ar attacked Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Tuesday, saying the Likud leader would not be able to form a government even with a third round of elections.
A tentative date of March...
Lieberman says Israel headed back to elections in 2020
Yisrael Beiteinu Party leader Avigdor Lieberman said on Tuesday that Israel is headed to its third round of elections with the course of a year.
“Elections are coming,” Lieberman told the Yediot Achronot daily in an interview....
Israeli party leaders lament stalling of movement towards government coalition
With a tenuous ceasefire taking hold across southern Israel, politics has again returned to center stage.
With Israel and its legislators analyzing the fallout from two days of rocket fire from the Gaza Strip, and...
National unity government is ‘still possible,’ says Netanyahu
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu expressed confidence on Monday that it was still possible to achieve a “robust” unity government, saying there was no need for the country to go back to elections.
“The worst...